Improvement in horse-powers



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l 'ester,'in the county of Monroe, and, State of New l ner, and carries the vertical gear that drives the pin- -ion x. The shaft J is driven .by a bull-wheel, (not the machine, so-that it may be adjusted longitudinally DANIEL WOODBURY, or ROCHESTER/NEW YORK.

Letter? Patent No. 90,549, dated October 5, l1869.-

IMPROVEMENT IN BRSE-POWERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it vmay concern,.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL WooDBuRY, of Roch- York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers; and I do hereby declare that. the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, showing the carrying-wheel removed, and a portion of the frame-work'Y broken away. v

Figure 3 is av plan view of the angle-arm s. j

The object and nature of my invention will be understood by reference to the drawings and specification, and to enable others to make and use the same, l'will describe its construction and operation.

My invent-ion relates to that class known as mounted horse-powers, and consists, more particularly, inimprovements upon an invention patented by me, April 27, 1869. Y v

I construct the frame of my horse-power substantially in the manner described in my former patent, using vthe, gil-ders A, transverse beam B,`and galiowsframe C, the latter secured to the beam B at the cxtremities c. v

The shaft J, shown iu dottedv lines, is boxed iu the gallows-'f'rame and bridge-tree b, in the usual maushowin)A in common use in this class'V of machines, having teeth upon the upper and lower faces. l It will be seen that 1 locate the gearing and gallowsframe at the rear ofthe' machine, behind the carryingaxle, instead"ofat the side and over or in front oi' said axle, having, in fact, turned the entire frame to an angie of ninety degrees with its former position.

The objects attained in this arrangement arc:

The weight of the frame and gearing is nearly balanced upon the axle. The-tumbling-rod o is brought out at the frontw of by a simple backward ori'orward xnovementvupon lthe carrying-wheels, and the necessity of running said rod through the wheel, or of providing a bearing for it upon the 0utrg',.as is usual, is obviated.

The carrying-wheels may be arranged to track with a common wagon, and the gearing is more readily'accessible for oiling orrepairs. y -I am also enabled to attach the ontrigs H H directiy to the gallows-frame and bridge-tree'b, which 'receive the strain ofthe draught from the bull-wheel; and the latter can be made larger in diameter than formerly, if necessary. 1

described, Isupport upontimbers f The' frame above ping of the machine or otherwise.

D, resting upon the carrying-axle E, transversely thereto, and projecting in the rear of it far enough to support the bridge-trees d. r'.lhese timbers are substitutes for the posts used in my former invention, and

do away with the braces necessary in such construction.

Upon the bridge-trees I box the shaft i, having fitted to it the pinion :aand to which the tumblingv rod o is coupled in the usual manner. These/bridgetrees project somewhat below the pinion andshai't, and thus protects them from injury by 'accidental tip- To the under side of the beam B, I joint the levelling-bar F, the outer end of which is slotted,to admit the tumbling-rod and supporting-box n, fig. 2.

Thejadjusting-segment K connects the frame with the levelling-bar in the usual manner. v When it is desired to remove vthe horse-power by attaching a team directly to it, I use the tongue G, which slides into the socket g, secured to the levelling-bar,

whereJ it is held by a pin, t, put through thewholc.'

rlhe hammer-strap is placed upon the levelling-bar, and the latter thus forms part-ofthe tongue G.

The levelling-'bar also assists the outrigs in inaking the.- machine fast, and to stiii'en it oue or more braces, f, are provided, secured at one end tosaid bar, and at the other to the 'extensions c of thc gallowsframe, as shown in iig. 2.

lhe outrigs H H are arranged in the usual mauuer, the bars H entering sockets p and rods `H attached to'hooks j, both hooks and sockets'being cast or otherwise secured to the gailows-ti'ame and bridgetrce b, those upon the former projecting far enough to allowthe outrigs to clear the carryi11g-wheels,as.l

shown in iig. 1. lt willbe seen that the strain upon the gallpws-i'raine Aand bridge-tree b is thus communicated directly tothe outrigs.- l

At the rear oi' the machine, l provide the si'vingiug post fr, iig. 2, hinged so as to turn up out of the way.

The object of this is.to prevent thc rear of the inachiue from being tipped downward by the draught upon the bull-wheel, ohviating the necessity oi' staking down the levelling-bar; 11. ltdesirable, the post .'r may be braced in thcdirectionof motion ofthe bullwheei, the brace being hinged so as to admit-of thc post being swung up as before.

.TI may use upon the carrying-axle the removable angle-arm s, fig. 3, so formed as to slip upon the bearing, and receive the carrying-wheel upon the arm s', cxtending at right angles to the axle, as shown in redlines in fig. 1. I By this arrangement thc horse-powercan be shifted byhand transversely, fors'uch purposes as sawing logsl from felled trees, digging sewers orditches, or in any places where such. movement would be desiribie.

a', and tumbling-rod o,

Theprojecting spuit, secured to the angle-arm s, and bearing at its upper end against the beam 13, pre- 'vents the said arm from Iturning upon .the axle.

'hat I claim as my invention, and vdesire to secure by Letters Patentfs- 1. 'The arrangement nf'tlie inain frarne AB C, shaft Vwith reference to. the carryingaxle and levelling-bar, substantially as, herein shown and described. 2. The arrangement of the supporting-box n, within .the purposes set forth.

or upon the levelling-ber. F, for

3. Providing the levelling-bar F with a detachable xtension G, in the manner and for the purposes set orth.

4. The angle-armss, having the spurt', constructed substantially as shown, for the purpose set forth.

5. The within-described arrangement of the hooks j and sockets p uponA the gallows-fmmenud ,bridg tree b, whereby the strain upon these lutter is com-v .niunicnted directly to the outrigsj f 6; Providing the gJlows-frame with the extensions c, to lwhich the 'braces f are attached, whereby the strain upon the `formeris communicated directly to the levelling-bar F. i

` DANIEL WOODBURY. 

